A Rome of One's Own
The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire
New York : Abrams, 2023, ©2023.
Format: Book
Edition: US edition.
Description: 404 pages ; 24 cm
The history of Rome has long been narrow and one-sided, essentially a history of The Doing of Important Things, and as far as Roman historians have been concerned, women don't make that history. From Romulus through "the political stab-fest of the late Republic, and then on to all the emperors, Roman historians may deign to give you a wife or a mother to show how bad things become when women get out of control, but history is more than that. Emma Southon's A Rome of One's Own is the best kind of correction. This is a retelling of the history of Rome with all the things Roman history writers relegate to the background, or designate as domestic, feminine, or worthless. This is a history of women who caused outrage, led armies in rebellion, wrote poetry; who lived independently or under the thumb of emperors. Told with humor and verve as well as a deep scholarly background, A Rome of One's Own highlights women overlooked and misunderstood, and through them offers a fascinating and groundbreaking chronicle of the ancient world.-- Amazon.
ISBN:
1419760181
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HISTORY Ancient Rome Sou | Main (Downtown) | Nonfiction | Held |
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"Originally published in Great Britain, the Republic of Ireland, and Australia as A history of the Roman Empire in 21 women by OneWorld Publications"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 356-392) and index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 356-392) and index.